adjective (f. ~ā & ~ī)& masculine · kapaṇa 1 · kapaṇa 2
poor
Kapaṇa (adjective/noun) [Sanskrit kr̥paṇa from kr̥̥p wail, cf. Latin crepo; Anglo-Saxon hraefn = English raven. Cf. also Sanskrit krcchra] 1. poor, miserable, wretched; a beggar; frequently explained by varāka, duggata, dīna and daḷidda; very often classed with low-caste people, as caṇḍālā Pv III 1 13 and pesakārā (Ud 4). Snp 818; Ja I 312, 321; III 199; Pv II 9 14 ; III 1 13 , IV 5 2 ; Sv I 298; Dhp-a I 233; Thig-a 178. 2. small, short, insignificant A I 213; Abhidh-av 84. (feminine) °ā a miserable woman Ja IV 285; — °aṃ (adverb) pitifully, piteously, with verbs of weeping, etc. Ja III 295; V 499; VI 143; a° not poor Ja III 199; — ati° very miserable Pañca-g 74. derived °tā wretchedness Saddh 315. -addhikā plural often with °ādi, which means samaṇa-brāhmaṇa-k.-vaṇibbaka-yācakā (e.g. D I 137; Pv-a 78) beggars and wayfarers, tramps Ja I 6, 262, Dhp-a I 105, 188 (written k°-andhika); see also Sv I 298 and kapaṇikā; -iddhikā plural (probably miswriting for °addh°, cf. Trenckner, JPTS 1908, 130) D I 137; It 65; Sv I 298; -itthī a poor woman Ja III 448; -jīvikā in °aṃ kappeti to make a poor livelihood Ja I 312; -bhāva the state of being miserable Pv-a 274; -manussa a wretched fellow, a beggar Vism 343; -laddhaka obtained in pain, said of children Ja VI 150, cf. kiccha laddhaka; -visikhā the street or quarter of the poor, the slums Ud 4; -vuttin leading a poor life Pv-a 175.
pitiable, pitiful; wretc.hed; poor, mean; a poor man, a wretc.h
【形】 1. 貧窮的，悲慘的。2. 不重要的。【陽】 乞丐。
(adj, adj) poor; wretched; miserable poor, miserable, insignificant Construction: √kap + aṇa
(masc, masc) beggar; pauper; cripple beggar Construction: √kap + aṇa